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Jasper Jones By Craig Silvey: Text Analysis

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The literary text often reflects the attitudes, beliefs, and values of their author and the society during that time. “Jasper Jones” written by Craig Silvey is a novel which shows the racial discrimination in 1965 during the period of Vietnam War. The text revolves around Charlie Bucktin, a thirteen-year-old kid who learns about Laura Wishart's death when Jasper Jones who has a bad reputation in Corrigan invites Charlie to come with him one night. Over the course of the novel, Charlie struggles with several fears and insecurities as he matures considerably while investigating for Laura’s death. Through the chapters, he realizes how the town of Corrigan escapes the truth and crimes that were all accused to Jasper. Narrative conventions and language
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Jasper Jones is a novel written by Craig Silvey. This novel takes place in a small town called Corrigan in the 60's. The character Jasper Jones is seen a a delinquent to the townspeople. So after his discovery of finding his friend Laura hing in the forest of finding his frien Laura hung in the forest he refuses to call for the police but seeks out his friend Charlie's help, alothough Charlie tries to get help Japser still declines. "They'll be a fucken court date before there's a funeral", is a statement made by Jasper on page 24.

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Presentation plays by itself   Statement of intent: This visual essay is going to explore how Elissa's catharsis as portrayed in Jasper Jones, written by Craig Silvey. I will do this by using symbols, photographs, animations, quotations and other imagery to communicate this topic. This visual essay is intended to inform anyone about the use of this topic in Jasper Jones.    

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While both texts certainly contain stark and shocking examples of highly racist and sexist incidents, they also demonstrate the everyday, grinding nature of prejudice for the characters. In Jasper Jones, the titular character Jasper has faced a lifetime of prejudice and poor treatment because of his Aboriginal heritage. We are told that Jasper “has a terrible reputation in Corrigan”. Silvey’s choice of the word “reputation” is particularly important in showing how Jasper’s everyday existence is affected by prejudice because a “reputation” is something that grows over time and builds on itself. Silvey’s powerful descriptive language, and particularly the list of Jasper’s supposed crimes, written in short bullet-like phrases with capital letters for each noun, work to show how definite and unbending the opinions of Corrigan’s townsfolk are.

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This statement is inaccurate as when we are raised in a world where everyone thinks the same and are hardly ever influenced by outside sources, choices we are forced into making can lead to a distorted idea of who we know ourselves to be. When we are forced into making choices that lead to us having this distorted identity we try to fight the identity we have created. This can be shown through both texts Jasper Jones and Pleasantville, as illustrated by Ruth Bucktin and the people who live in the town of Pleasantville. In the novel Jasper Jones we can see that choices we were once forced to make can lead to a distorted idea of who we know ourselves to be.

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Within the novel 'Jasper Jones,' the darker aspects of humanity are brought to light through the discrimination and secrecy present in Corrigan. However, despite these struggles, the novel reminds us of the importance of friendship and trust, highlighting the positive aspects that come with overcoming hardship. Australian author Craig Silvey addresses the negative themes that existed during Australia in the mid-1960s in a small Western Australian town. The story follows protagonist Charlie Bucktin, a young boy who is drawn into a web of secrets and lies after he befriends Jasper Jones, a mixed-race boy who is blamed for the murder of a young girl, they navigate their way through a town corrupted with discrimination and Charlie discovers the

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In the small and isolated town of Corrigan, the people have prejudiced ideas and values. Since the novel is set in 1965, when Indigenous Australians were still treated inferior to Europeans, the prejudiced ideals are not surprising. The character Jasper Jones experiences continuous prejudice due to his race from the town 's people.

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The most significant, relatable, and realistic character is without a doubt Charlie Bucktin. In many ways, Themes that repeat frequently in Jasper Jones include the passage from youth to adulthood, the inherent darkness of humanity, and appearance vs. truth all of these relate to the overall theme of coming of age as seen in my visual rep , this Colourful / Bright / youthful colours mixing into darker shades to represent coming of age an youthfulness and learning new deeper darker topics and exploring and finding themselves and maturing. Charlie Bucktin is awakened at the start of this book by an urgent knock on his window. Jasper Jones, a Corrigan outcast, is his visitor. Jasper is viewed by Charlie as a dangerous and mysterious man who

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(Silvey, P23 – Like Atticus Finch: dignified and reasonable and wise.) Because both books share the same themes of morality, ethics, and scapegoating, Silvey referenced To Kill a Mockingbird quite early in Jasper Jones to foreshadow the exploration of the shared themes. For readers that have read To Kill a Mockingbird might see the intended foreshadowing. In the novel, Jasper is the scapegoat. He is blamed for every disastrous event in Corrigan, even by the police without evidence.

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Jasper Jones is a novel that takes place in a Fictional called Corrigan in Western Australia in 1965, during the Vietnam War. 2009 saw the publication of Craig Silvey's coming-of-age novel that follows, Charlie Bucktin, a 13-year-old boy, and his transformation from a somewhat naive child to an insightfully understanding adolescent. In order to give readers a thorough understanding and deep recognition of the characters. Silvey employs aesthetic and stylistic features, Through the use of characters like Jasper and the Lu family, the author mobilises the concept of racism. Jasper Jones identifies as a "half-cast" Aboriginal, and the Lu family is portrayed as communists because of their immigrant background, specifically Jeffrey Lu. Racism is

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